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Assess for success : a practitioner's handbook on transition assessment / Patricia L. Sitlington ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Youth with disabilities--Services for--United States.
- Youth with disabilities.
- Students with disabilities--Services for--United States.
- Students with disabilities.
- People with disabilities--Vocational guidance--United States.
- People with disabilities.
- School-to-work transition--United States.
- School-to-work transition.
- Social integration--United States.
- Social integration.
- Needs assessment--United States.
- Needs assessment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 163 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Arlington, VA] : Division on Career Development and Transition, c2007.
- Summary:
- Aligned with the reauthorization of IDEA 2004, this updated resource helps IEP teams define students' transition goals for adult life, including postsecondary education and employment choices.
- Contents:
- Overview of transition assessment
- What is transition assessment?
- Transition: a look at where we've been
- Idea 2004
- Summary of Performance (SOP) requirements
- Other selected legislation impacting transition assessment
- Summary
- References
- Career development as a context for transition assessment
- Defining career development
- Career development phases
- Career pathways and decision making
- Standards for transition assessment
- Need for assessment of career development
- Standards pertaining to career development
- Aligning national transition standards with phases of career development
- Aligning national career development guidelines with career development
- Additional resources
- The role of self-determination in the transition assessment process
- Student involvement on the assessment team
- Assessing and developing self-determination skills
- Steps to self-determination
- Using outcomes of assessment for IEP planning
- Integrating transition assessment into the IEP
- What is the first step in transition planning using the IEP?
- How are the results of transition assessment infused into the present level of academic achievement and functional performance?
- How are the results of transition assessment used in IEP planning?
- What about interagency linkages?
- Roles of key players
- Who should participate and what information can they provide?
- Methods of gathering information
- Methods of gathering information about individuals
- Methods of assessing potential environments
- Matching students to environments: making transition assessment a success
- The transition assessment process
- Developing an assessment plan
- Appendix A: Sample summary for postsecondary living, learning, and working
- Appendix B: Selected commercially available tests/assessment procedures
- Appendix C: Sample community assessment form
- Appendix D: Sample job analysis form
- Appendix E: Sample vocational training analysis form
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781544350028
- 1544350023
- 9781452297484
- 1452297487
- 9781483329611
- 1483329615
- OCLC:
- 1007859538
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